By John Corrado

We now have a new trailer (and poster) for Disney and Pixar’s upcoming film Gatto. This follows the teaser we got over the summer, and reveals more of the plot. The story centres around Italian cat Nero (voiced by Mark Ruffalo), who is indebted to feline mob boss Rocco (Laurence Fishbourne), and finds himself questioning his life choices after using up eight of his nine lives.

There is a music component to it as well, involving a busker named Maja (Bianca Babaşa) and her violin. Dario Marianelli is composing the score, which also includes music from violinist Barbora Botošová. Enrico Casarosa (Luca) directs this one, and I’m excited to see more of the unique animation style, which finds Pixar experimenting with a 2D look for the first time.

Disney also announced that the new Finding Nemo short film Loving Dory, featuring the return of Ellen Degeneres as the beloved character, will be playing before the film. Will this bring in more audience members? Time will tell, but I like the fact that Pixar is returning to having theatrically released shorts before their features, at least this time around.

Disney and Pixar’s Gatto opens exclusively in theatres on March 5th, 2027. As a cat person and a Pixar fan, I’m really looking forward to this one!